Developing Tank: Post-Production Automation Redefined for Dailies and VFX
Get your dailies ready faster, start editing sooner, and deliver easier. Avid workflow automation made easy.
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No More Spreadsheets for VFX Tracking
Dailies Prep That Doesn't Eat Your Day
Auto-detect VFX shots from your files. Generate VFX pulls in seconds. One-click EDL & AVB exports.
Developing Tank is designed specifically for Assistant Editors and VFX Editors who are tired of manual, repetitive tasks that eat up valuable time. Automate Avid workflows, do less overtime, and give your team more time for creative and high-impact work.
- Say 'goodbye' to mornings spent clicking and dragging. Skip late-night paperwork. Enjoy your creativity.
Assistant Editors:
- Stop worrying about your editor not having anything to do. Stop worrying about your Assistant Editor's OT doing Dailies.
Producers:
- Stop manually typing timecodes. Let Developing Tank parse your sequence directly to a pristine tracking list. Be ready the next time a VFX scene is recut.
VFX Editors:
Say Yes to:
Easy
Fast
Accurate
Stress Free
Stop manually entering data into spreadsheets. Developing Tank does the heavy lifting—parse your AVB directly to a pristine tracking list, then sync back to Google Sheets if you want.
We provide a single tool for the entire Post Production Department.
How It Works
Developing Tank is a simple and lightning-fast platform designed to automate the most time-consuming aspects of post-production.
Processing Your Dailies
For VFX and Scene Tracking
Tell us your project name, frame rate, and naming conventions
Invite your co-workers.
Upload your latest cut either as an AVB, AAF, or EDL.
We automatically detect VFX shots and track them sequence-by-sequence.
Upload your AAF or AVB files.
Groups: ✅
Subclips: ✅
Offspeed Retimes: ✅
One click, and we will detect changes to length and let you know.
Markers got deleted? No sweat, we remember where the shots are.
No need for specific exports just to update your database. Take the same AAF, AVB, ALE, or CSV files you already have to keep the database updated.
Track scene changes, VFX notes, versions, and approvals precisely.
Why Choose Developing Tank?
No More Spreadsheets
Auto-detect VFX shots from your files. Generate VFX pulls in seconds. One-click EDL & AVB exports. Stop managing data in spreadsheets.
Dailies Prep Made Easy
Automated retime conforming. Scene bin creation. Smart grouping by scene and take. What used to take hours now takes seconds.
Your Assistant Editor can focus on what matters instead of clicking and dragging bins all morning.
Less Manual Work, More Creative Time
Automated paperwork generation. Change detection and tracking. Consistency across all deliverables.
You own your data. Your project metadata is portable and remains under your control.
One-click export in standard formats. Export AVB, EDL, ALE, and CSV any time.
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Developing Tank wasn't designed in a boardroom. It was built by an Assistant Editor who lived the problem — and knows the solution.
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